Stepped Tank Radiator Segmentation for High-Performance Cooling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radiators in vehicles are inadequate for cooling engines under high-performance and high-temperature conditions, as their dimensions are often fixed and limited by the vehicle's design, restricting the ability to increase cooling capacity.
Innovation Solution
A cooling system comprising a primary radiator connected to one or more supplemental radiators, utilizing stepped tanks and flexible hose connections to enhance cooling capacity without altering the vehicle's structure, allowing coolant to flow through the primary radiator and supplemental radiators in down-flow or cross-flow configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the radiator dimensions are increased to provide additional cooling capacity, then the cooling capacity is improved, but the vehicle body design and mounting space are constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling system is divided into a primary radiator and one or more supplemental radiators. The primary radiator maintains the original vehicle integration, while supplemental radiators are added as separate modules connected via hoses. This segmentation allows increased total cooling capacity without altering the original vehicle body design or mounting space constraints.
2Reliability
If the radiator depth is increased to obtain additional cooling capacity, then the cooling capacity is improved, but the space between the core face, cooling fan, and engine ancillaries is limited
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of increasing radiator depth in the constrained dimension, the system adds supplemental radiators that extend the cooling capacity in a different spatial arrangement. The supplemental radiators are positioned and connected via flexible hoses, utilizing available space in a dimensional configuration that avoids the depth constraint between core face, fan, and ancillaries.
3Reliability
If supplemental radiators are added to increase cooling capacity, then the cooling capacity is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Flexible hoses are used to connect the primary radiator to supplemental radiators, utilizing hydraulic principles to enable coolant flow between components. This approach simplifies the overall structure compared to rigid mechanical connections, allowing easier installation and positioning of supplemental radiators without complex mounting mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration increases cooling capacity within the existing vehicle space, enabling effective heat dissipation for high-performance engines without modifying the vehicle's body or frame, allowing for adjustable coolant flow and flexible radiator placement.
Implementation Method 1
a coolant liquid is typically circulated between the engine and a radiator to dissipate heat created by the engine
Implementation Method 2
a radiator core connected to the upper stepped tank and the lower stepped tank; a supplemental core connected to the upper tank and the lower tank
Data Source
AI summary
A cooling system that has a primary radiator with a first stepped tank and a second stepped tank. These stepped tanks have openings which allow the primary radiator to connect to one or more supplemental radiators so that coolant may flow through these radiators simultaneously thus increasing a vehicle's cooling capacity. Flow of coolant between the primary radiator and the supplemental radiators can be controlled by either automatic or manual control valves and wherein the primary radiator and supplemental radiator can be either down-flow radiators or cross-flow radiators.